Lots of divorced parents alternate the right to claim child-related tax benefits: Mom gets the exemption in even-numbered years, and Father gets it in odd years (or vice versa). In 2021, the government passed the American Rescue Plan. That gave a generous child tax credit to single filers with income under $75,000 and joint married…
Tell the Kids What to Expect Help your children prepare physically and emotionally for child exchanges by telling them what to expect: When For small children, a photo calendar on the refrigerator can be plastered with stickers that designate Mommy/Daddy days. For older children, an online calendar they can access from their electronic devices helps…
The Indiana Supreme Court recently published proposed revisions to the Indiana Parenting Time Guidelines. Click here to read. Changes under consideration include: Child Exchanges If you bring someone with you, make sure that person doesn’t increase the level of conflict. Limit police station exchanges to parents with protective orders or a history of physical violence or…
Your kid just graduated from high school. Hurray! Good job. Now it’s on to college. She’s picking out dorm furnishings. He’s trying to convince you that he needs the newest electronics. Under Indiana law, your student became an adult on his/her18th birthday. But the high school probably didn’t treat you anydifferently when your child came…
Effective July 1, 2019: As of July 1, 2019, the law governing termination of child support has been modified. Under prior law, child support stopped on a child’s 19th birthday, unless the child was incapacitated. This caused a problem for families with teens who were still in high school at 19. This modification is intended…
A Do NOT Do This List for Divorcing Parents When adults get divorced, they are often hurt, depressed, sad and/or angry. Emotions get even messier when you are a child or teenager whose parents are getting divorced. A child tries to find the new normal all while dealing with major upheaval in how they are…
Amended relocation law exempts some parents from the formal notice requirement and reduces the standard notice period to 30 days. This law applies to every party to a child custody case, grandparent visitation case, or paternity affidavit.
Gov. Holcomb was joined by ISBA Parental Relocation Task force members Donna J. Bays, Judge Lisa Berdine, Judge Julie Verheye, Sen. Randy Hood, Megan Wells, Jan Keefer, Andrew Soshnick, and ISBA Legislative Counsel Paje Felts. On May 29, 2019, Bays Family Law’s own, Donna J. Bays, stood with other Indiana State Bar Association Parental Relocation…
10 Divorce Myths That Just Aren’t True in Indiana You can find just about anything with a Google search. But the fact you read it on the internet doesn’t make it true. It can be hard to tell what’s true when you’re clicking through the internet. Here are some myths we hear over and over…
Should you file a joint return while your divorce is still pending?
In order to file a joint tax return, you have to be married at the end of the tax year. The IRS looks at your marital status as of 11:59 p.m. on December 31.
But there are still good reasons to file separately.
